Artist Comment

I put the link but I don't know how put directly the picture in miniature (Sorry!)

When I saw it, I was admirative because of design and butterflies (I like butterflies!) So I vectored it (since 1 week).
Since I tried different versions of BG and finally chose this one. I painted a crashed glass to increase the broken
feeling, he seems to be sad or hopeless (pinned as a butterfly! ). I added broken glass that sparkles (vectored) and
finally emphazised the lightning, contrast, saturation and dominant color to create a sweet but melancholic
atmosphere.

And how I like it. Wonderful work. ... ah, I think I stared an apparent eternity at it ;). Truly captivating ... I think
your choice of the background compliment the feeling of melancholy and sadness great plus with the crashed pieces of
glas scattered on top an everywhere else, the picture ... hm, how to say it best, seemed more real and ... vivid is what
I would say, I guess. I'm all-out with snyp - the faint touch of color through the butterflys are fitting perfectly with
the dark tone of the picture. Excellent!

Although I like the idea for this wallpaper, there are a few things that kinda bug me. For one, and I know the original
image was the same way, why is the butterfly on his chest partially under his clothes? The perspective makes that look
very unnatural and next to physically impossible, in my opinion. The other thing that bothers me is the glass. Most of
the glass seems to be floating in the air, and the glass that doesn't seem like it should be floating does not look like
it lies naturally. On top of that, the glass on the top right corner is extremely blurry.

I think you had a good idea, but it really could have been better had you took the time to make everything look more
natural.

Overall this is MUCH better than many of your recent submissions in terms of quality. The gradation on the butterflies
actually works (because they are more flat, people's faces are not), giving them a luminescence; and the vectoring is
smooth. The eyes are colored well and the highlighting on the face-mask is nicely executed, but after that you skimped
on the shadows again. Adding another layer of shading in to the darker areas does wonders to a piece; partially shading
well in a small area and neglecting it in the rest of the wallpaper only shows that you rushed it again, which is a
shame as this could have been very beautiful if it was given more care and attention.

Part of the problem when vectoring in Photoshop is that when you make the lines too thin it creates a jagged edge. If
you would make the lines a little thicker with the pen-tool it would reduce this issue. The don't have to be huge, just
slightly larger. This is one of the biggest obstacles you frequently ignore, so in the end the line-art is still very
jagged.